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DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the eighth year with
its 2005 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will continue each Monday through
June 28, following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets took two of three from Miami over
the weekend to vault themselves to the top of the poll. After starting the
season ranked 11th, the Jackets have won 21 of their first 25 games and
are now 11-1 in ACC play. The loss to Miami snapped a 25-game conference
winning streak. Tech is the third school to be ranked No. 1 by the NCBWA
in the last three weeks. Tulane, No. 1, a week ago, fell to No. 3.
| NCBWA TOP 35 POLL
(MARCH 28, 2005) |
| Rk. |
School |
Conference |
Record |
Pvs. |
| 1. |
Georgia Tech |
Atlantic Coast |
21-4 |
4 |
| 2. |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
17-6 |
2 |
| 3. |
Tulane |
Conference USA |
21-5 |
1 |
| 4. |
Texas |
Big 12 |
23-4 |
6 |
| 5. |
LSU |
Southeastern |
19-6 |
3 |
| 6. |
Florida State |
Atlantic Coast |
27-5 |
8 |
| 7. |
Arkansas |
Southeastern |
21-4 |
5 |
| 8. |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
21-3 |
19 |
| 9. |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
20-5 |
10 |
| 10. |
South Carolina |
Southeastern |
19-5 |
7 |
| 11. |
Florida |
Southeastern |
19-7 |
- |
| 12. |
Stanford |
Pacific-10 |
14-8 |
11 |
| 13. |
Mississippi State |
Southeastern |
17-4 |
18 |
| 14. |
Miami (Fla.) |
Atlantic Coast |
22-7 |
9 |
| 15. |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
22-5 |
17 |
| 16. |
Mississippi |
Southeastern |
19-5 |
13 |
| 17. |
Oregon State |
Pacific-10 |
19-4 |
14 |
| 18. |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
15-3 |
23 |
| 19. |
UCF |
Atlantic Sun |
25-5 |
20 |
| 20. |
Wichita State |
Missouri Valley |
22-6 |
22 |
| 21. |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
19-8 |
30 |
| 22. |
Rice |
Western Athletic |
18-9 |
29 |
| 23. |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
21-4 |
21 |
| 24. |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
20-4 |
- |
| 25. |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
19-9 |
15 |
| 26. |
College of Charleston |
Southern |
20-4 |
24 |
| 27. |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
16-10 |
12 |
| 28. |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
18-10 |
- |
| 29. |
Arizona State |
Pacific-10 |
18-13 |
- |
| 30. |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
17-8 |
25 |
| 31. |
Auburn |
Southeastern |
19-8 |
- |
| 32. |
TCU |
Conference USA |
16-9 |
26 |
| 33. |
Alabama |
Southeastern |
20-7 |
34 |
| 34. |
Georgia Southern |
Southern |
15-7 |
- |
| 35. |
N.C. State |
Atlantic Coast |
18-8 |
- |
| Others receiving votes
(listed alphabetically): Boston College, Clemson, Creighton, UC
Irvine, Bowling Green, Dallas Baptist, East Carolina, Evansville, Hawai'i,
Lamar, Minnesota, Missouri, N.C. State, Northwestern State, Ohio State,
Oral Roberts, Pepperdine, Rhode Island, St. John's, Southern Miss, Stetson,
Texas State, UNLV, USF, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Winthrop |
| Dropped out: Arizona
(16), USC (27), Tennessee (28), UAB (31), Washington (32), Florida Atlantic
(33), San Francisco (35). |
| By conference:
Southeastern 8, Big 12 7, Atlantic Coast 5, Pacific-10 3, Big West 2,
Conference USA 2, Southern 2, Atlantic Sun 1, Big South 1, Big Ten 1,
Missouri Valley 1, Sun Belt 1, Western Athletic 1. |
| Records
are through games of Sun., March 27 |
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